CNIC REGIONAL CODE · BALOCHISTAN

554 Sibi

CNIC numbers beginning 554 were registered in Sibi District, Sibi Division, Balochistan. See the tehsils it covers, its documented local-zone codes, and what each digit of the prefix stands for.

DERIVED FROM THE STANDARD CODING SCHEME

554
PROVINCE
Balochistan
DIVISION
Sibi DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 5
DISTRICT
Sibi District
TEHSILS
3Sibi · Sangan · Kut Mandi

What 554 tells you

A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 554 was registered in Sibi District, Balochistan, in Sibi Division.

Reading it left to right: 5 is the province digit and is definitive — 5 always means Balochistan. 5 selects the division inside that province, here Sibi Division. 4 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Sibi. The two digits that follow — positions four and five — narrow it further to a local registration zone inside the district.

WHAT IT DOES NOT TELL YOUThe prefix is a registration record, not an address. It does not prove where someone lives now, it is not a domicile certificate, and it says nothing about ethnicity or nationality beyond Pakistani citizenship. People who move keep the prefix they were first registered under.

TEHSILS OF SIBI

Sibi District is divided into 3 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.

ADMINISTRATIVE TEHSILS · SIBI DISTRICT
#TehsilDistrictProvince
1SibiSibiBalochistan
2SanganSibiBalochistan
3Kut MandiSibiBalochistan

OTHER DISTRICTS IN SIBI DIVISION

551BarkhanDerived code552Dera BugtiDerived code553KohluDerived code555ZiaratDerived code556HarnaiDerived code

COMMON QUESTIONS

Which district is CNIC code 554?

554 belongs to Sibi District in Balochistan, within Sibi Division.

Digit 1 (5) is the province, digit 2 (5) the division, and digit 3 (4) the district within that division.

Does a 554 CNIC mean the holder lives in Sibi?

No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.

It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.

Which tehsils fall under Sibi District?

Sibi District covers 3 administrative tehsils: Sibi, Sangan, Kut Mandi.

Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.

What comes after 554 in a full CNIC?

A complete CNIC is thirteen digits: the five-digit regional prefix, then a seven-digit family/serial number, then a single check digit that also encodes gender (odd for male, even for female).

NADRA has never published the full list of local-zone codes, so the last two digits of the prefix cannot be resolved to a named area for this district.

How reliable is the code 554?

554 is reconstructed from the standard coding scheme and community lists rather than an official published table. The province digit is definitive; the district mapping should be treated as a strong indication rather than a guarantee.

NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.

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Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.